Returning threadworms for years....
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HI, I've had treadworms for almost 5 years now! Ive been eating loads of Opex and Mebendazole. I tried the pumpkin seeds and eaten garlic every day for months...I've also gone up to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases In London to see a specialist for the last 8 months....All their treatment has not worked either. It always comes back! My husband or my two children have never had it and we dont have any pets....I keep a very clean house and im so careful with my hygiene...What can i do to get rid of these? Help Please.....Its driving me insane!
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Lizy1515 Anna196444
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Hi all!
I have posted my story here before and at this point I feel a bit ashamed. Also went to doctors complained about threadworms that did not show on test.
This is what I would recommend to those women who haven't seen threadworms at all, whos tests come negative, and they feel like going crazy. Itchiness in vagina and anus.
So this is what helped me so far, I got myself examined. Been told I have some Trush. Took a Fluconazole oral pill x1, and used clotrimazole cream for about two weeks. All my problems went away! And came back after period. Got the cream out and it kinda helped. Still got itch now and then. Conclusion I have problems not in my gut.
So in some cases we read these posts and we straight assume we have threadworms. Not the case for all, but some, because I assure you I had threadworms as a child. Symptoms and sensations and itch is exactly the same.
I also had itchiness spread all over the body and head. That happens when you take herbs, clove causes itch if you sensitive.
Well all I can suggest go get checked before self diagnosing. It could be anything.
s68282 Anna196444
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5 years is a long time to be suffering with threadworms. I've had them for 2 months now and I thought I had it bad! .I've tried everything, pyrantel, mebendazole, albendazole.
What worked for me was applying garlic paste in and around the bottom for the itching. I combined this with regular colon hydrotherapy sessions and consuming a tablespoon of food grade diatomaceous earth daily . Please note that you ensure that you seek out an experienced hydrotharpist and not the ones where you do it yourself. Also ensure that the diatomaceous earth you buy is food grade, not the other kind.
I think alternative therapy is really underrated . in treating parasitic infections. Seeing GPs was so frustrating. I saw three different doctors, one who said that the mebendazole should have worked and to just apply a steroid cream for the itichiness rather than treating the actual problem itself. One doctor prescribed albendazole which didn't work as I was still passing worms a week later and sge said it was probably just the albendazole working its way through the system. I took six courses of albendazole to no avail.
After repeated visits, they seemed to be at a total loss as to what to do apart from take a stool sample and send it to the lab for testing. I received a call from my doctor two days after I handed in the stool sample saying that it showed up negative for parasites. What was weird was that there were threadworms actually visible in the stools, so how they came to a negative conclusion was beyond me.
Good luck with it! I do hope you can overcome this problem.
jennifer00793 Anna196444
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Hello,
I also have threadworms. While I just recently started treatment for them, I believe I have had them for years. I went to several doctors here in the states with my symptoms and was misdiagnosed. I think this may have been because at the time I did not have little kids, I worked with them. Now I have three little ones and must have passed them on to them. This is how we were able to diagnose the problem. Anyhow, we are using Reese's pinworm treatment. The one dose every two weeks was not working for me. After the first does of medicine, It was as if they spread throughout my body. I had them in my ears, my nose, my eyes, my vagina. It has been intense, to say the least. Anyhow, I stopped listening to doctors and started taking the Reese's everyday for 4 days. This has significantly reduced my symptoms. My family has also taken the Reese's medicine (only one dose so far), we plan to have them take another dose once a week for the next four weeks. I read another women's story and she said that this helped and her family eliminate the problem. Another thing that I found that works great for the itching is to use Isopropyl Alcohol. I read on another post where a specialist (who studies them) found that they do not like alcohol, either drinking,. rubbing or isopropyl, etc. They die immediately when exposed to alcohol. So I put some alcohol in a spray bottle, and spray my underwear everyday with it. I also rub my nether regions in it when I get out of the bathroom or when I feel itching. It works great in the early morning hours when the females come out to lay eggs. The itching stops immediately, then I'm able to go back to bed. I've also found on particularly bad itchy nights, that when I put some alcohol on a wipe and spread it over the itchy parts of my entire body, the itching stops. When I feel them in my ears I will put some alcohol on a qtip and put it in my ear, the wiggling stops immediately. I also use the spray on bedding. I bleach the floors, all surfaces, our bathrooms daily. I bought alcohol wipes to clean my kids hands, since getting them to wash them is almost impossible sometimes. I open the windows of all the bedrooms to let the sun in, since they do not like the sun. So far, I have found some relief from the symptoms. While, I do not think I am cured, I've been able to work and take care of my kids without constant discomfort! I'm also going to try METRONIDAZOLE. Has anyone used it?
roc27037 Anna196444
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Do you still have them? Have you found a cure? I've been struggling for 9 months now 😦
Sophie.Evans99 Anna196444
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i am a 19 year old girl and i have suffered with the same issue for about 8 years now. it's heart wrenching to think i have possibly incurable thread worms. it has effected my sex life and i have developed ocd and a small hernia because of them. part of me is relieved that there are people going through the same thing as me. is there really nothing out there for it??
vicky05201 Anna196444
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hi me again!
i now have a 3 year old daughter and a 5 month old daughter. Life is very good apart from the fact i STILL have these things!
I have a shower every morning (washing thoroughly down there) and every night. I then bleach the bath out and then bath my 3 year old daughter every morning. I ordered pyrantel pamote through the internet a big bottle and i take 4 teaspoons every week! Its done nothing to help! I give my partner and daughter it once a month, my partner swears this stuff has solved the issue for him (he previously caught them from me and lots and lots of ovex did not shift them for him). But my daughter complains about her bottom enough to convince me this hasnt helped her just like it hasnt helped me. Iv given up on ovex i might as well eat a smartie for all the use it is. I do the usual stuff washing my hands constantly (in public people have commented on how sore and dry my hands look, i just tell them i have eczma). I boil bedding once a week, boil my underwear and towels seperate to anyone elses. I put my childrens washing on seperate washes. i change hand towels daily and boil them on a seperate wash. I do all of this for nothing. But i refuse to give in. I have good and bad days. Some days i feel disgusting and the guilt i feel for passing them to my daughter is awful. I dread the day my other daughter gets them. Its affected my sex life and its put me off having more children (i adore kids and would love 1 more child). My eldest daughter is at nursery now and im scared one day she will conplain about her bottom at nursery. My daughter also tells me they dont make them wash their hands before snack (at home im very strict with handwashing before she eats and after toilet). Some days i think life could be a lot worse but then it could be a lot better. Why should i have to put up with this? why do i deserve this? iv suffered from the age of 2 and my poor mum tried her best and took me to the doctors but they just gave me ovex (i believe iv had these my whole life never fully getting rid of them). It makes me angry at life especially so called doctors who have been absolutely useless!
sorry for the rant and im even sorrier for not writing on here to tell you i have found a solution! i pray one day i do and i will shout it from the rooftops to help you all too.
things iv tried and maybe they have helped lessen the symptoms but absolutely not fully rid me of them
ovex!
pyrantel pamote
albendazole
pumpkin seeds
garlic (by mouth)
sellotape on bottom at night (these have prevented them from entering my vagina i think)
vaseline on bottom
coconut oil on bottom
no eating sugar
sending love to you all x
chanel144 vicky05201
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Oh god, it's so tedious. I'm nearing 9 years now and I've had enough. I truly believe that they are reproducing inside of me which could be happening to you too. How on earth could you be reinfecting yourself with such a regime? I used to wear disposable knickers and even went through six months of throwing my pj bottoms away and nothing, still the same. I've written on here before but the annoying bit for me is I have tiny ones coming down all the time, normally after I've been still at my desk for an hour or so, down they come. This is not documented so no advice can be gained and the doctors don't care. My only hope is possibly going to a detox clinic in Thailand where you give yourself coffee enemas everyday and they examine the output (I kid you not). Or maybe I'll be brave enough to go back to the doctors and insist on a colonoscopy to find out where they are camping out. I'm so bored of it all and it's so lonely. Thanks for posting.
vicky05201 chanel144
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have you tried chondroitin sulphate? i came across rachel arthur a naturopath through looking on internet about these horrible things and she is absolutely convinced that her patients who suffered recurring threadworms were cured by this! Last year i was on chondroitin sulphate for 3 months it cost me a lot making sure i was consuming the correct dose but it didnt work! If you research her she seems to know exactly what shes talking about. She thinks the worms migrate to the vagina and bladder and thats why the medicine doesnt touch it because it doesnt get to them areas only the gut. But as i say id didnt seem to work for me unfortunately 😦 and i know exactly how you feel am bored of this too and want to just live a happy life with my kids!
jennifer00793 chanel144
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Hello,
I thought I would mention something that seemed to help my family. At this time, we appear to be symptom free. However, there's no telling when they will come back. I truly think they had made a home throughout my entire body. I could feel them crawling in my chest, under my arms, in my feet and in my wrists and hands. I tried everything from boiling a cigarette in water and then drinking the water (apparently tobacco disintegrates them). Although, this did not seem to relieve the symptoms I had in my body, just my digestive tract. We went back to the ER and raised holy heck, and they prescribed another dose of Albendezole. I also read that Papain digestive enzymes also kill them. So I bought a huge bottle of them and started taking them. It seems to have relieved some of the symptoms in my wrists and feet. I also think that I may have had the worst symptoms because I'm a diabetic! I've read that they like sugar. An espson salt, baking soda and hydrogen peroxide baths helped tremendously with the itching as well. We also use Vapor rub at night on our nether regions and they don't like it, it will help with sleeping through the night. We also take showers with medicated sulfur shampoo every morning and every night and then use Gold Bond itching lotion on our entire body. I have also used Vapor rub during the day to help me get through the day at work without itching. Ispropyl rubbing alcohol all over our nether regions after we go to the bathroom also helps with itching and killing the females trying to lay eggs. We also vacuumed our car twice, wash all of our bedding almost everyday, and never use a towel twice, and we wash all of our clothing after each use. Try the vapor rub and the medicated dandruff shampoo as a body wash...it helps a lot!
vicky05201 jennifer00793
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thank you will defintely try the papain tablets. x
Elena1111 chanel144
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Same here, 8 years on and off every few months. I had a colon cleanse last year in Madrid, hoping that this would drag them out. I couldn't see anything as the water disposed goes directly into a wasteage pipe... The doctor recommended to avoid dairy so I'm not having any milk or cheese at the moment. Since this i have only felt them once last month. I only have them in my digestive system and normally if I'm itching I manage to remove them. The tablets do the job temporarily but don't solve the problem. I am convinced that they reproduce inside, not by reinfection. Good luck!
chanel144 Elena1111
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have you thought about getting a sample of the white flakes to be examined? Maybe you can buy the glass slides online that they use with microscopes. The things that i have almost every day are called hatchlings and they cause itchiness. It's good to remember that either with the NHS or private health you need to fight to get answers and you deserve this. Good luck.
chanel144
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sorry, that reply was meant for Ashley242
goood news re the diary, i will try
chanel144 vicky05201
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I might try that, thanks for the tip.
ashley2412 chanel144
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i actually have asked the drs to test the white flakes and they've told me they no longer do that and just do stool samples.. I think this is surely what I must be dealing with because when i take the albenza I'm symptom free for 2 weeks and then i start to have symptoms again. My kids always eat more when i give them DE and or the reeses plus dont complain of stomach pain for awhile or do their funky moves to secretly itch their butts because they know not to do so with their hands.. I am at a loss. My mom constantly rolls her eyes and says "YOU DON'T HAVE WORMS" My sister once said to me as I was talking to her about this "sometimes i think my kids might have worms, but i dont let it take over my life" is this how i should live or should i continue fighting the battle for nothing.... because if everyone around me is careless we will keep getting it anyway. I've told both my sisters about this issue and the one that said she isnt going to let it take over her life is the only one thats given her kids and herself + her husband the meds my other sister has yet to give her kids anything or even acknowledge that they may have this.. my 4 year old nephew comes over because she needs a sitter while she works and is digging at his butt then he prob thinks I'm mean because i have to tell him not to do that here hes like "well it tickles" poor guy 😕 maybe if i moved far away and left all my belongings i might have a chance at ridding myself of these stupid things... but probably not because i believe the issue is within. I am pretty sure this whole thing has increased my anxiety 100%
chanel144 ashley2412
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If I were you I'd talk to the sister or write an email explaining the negative effect this has on your life. It seems that she's not bothered about her own children because perhaps doesn't get infected so try to explain to her the impact it has on you. It's such a dark secret that I don't even share with my closest friends and something we all live with whilst everyone looks on thinking we have nothing to worry about. I've been sitting in a ball gown at an event when one has come down. I've then had to go to the loo and get it out then go back to the table feeling disgusting. This is heavy stuff to live with for so long. And with regard to the doctors, you must insist that they examine these flecks - it's rubbish that they can't check them. Go heavy and tell them you are feeling absolutely hopeless and that it's effecting your mental health. Or I've often thought about buying my own microscope to have a look but I'm 100% sure on what is coming out now. You'll notice that they come in two sizes (gross) because there is a difference between the shapes of male and female. Wish I had a the cure here for all this but I'm afraid not.
ashley2412 chanel144
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Yeah at this point I'm questioning my choice on telling everyone because they all think I'm nuts or they just don't care!! My husband is so over me talking about it.. it's effected my whole life. I've always been somewhat OCD, but now even more so, my hands are so dry from washing so much, its a nightmare. Its so hard to live a normal life because of the discomfort but i don't want to screw my kids up and ruin their childhood so its a very difficult thing that i still haven't figured out how to handle. I honestly feel like i need counseling just from battling this for so long and with no support. For whatever reason i believe its usually worse for us women and girls because if the vaginal discomfort on top of the other. ive literally showed comparative photos to my mom and sister of the nasal worms and they are just like nope they'd be moving or " idk".. i should've just kept this all to myself.
vicky05201 ashley2412
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you sound so much like me! I keep a lot of it to myself now because my partner gets annoyed at me constantly going on and he thinks im imagining things now. i have such bad anxiety over my kids having these and i blame myself! My best friend knows i tell her everything but even she doesnt fully understand. she says its not a big deal and if her kids ever got them she wouldnt panic she would just give them a tablet! which i do but the medicine definitely doesnt work for me and doesnt seem to work for my daughter anymore! iv prayed and prayed that this issue gets solved but im starting to think it never will. I can cope with myself having them forever yes they arent nice but its my poor kids i would do anything to stop them ever having them again! please know you are not alone and i know its not much comfort but just be the best mum you can be and try not to worry too much about what you cant control (or thats what i try to tell myself in my darkest moments) x
ashley2412 vicky05201
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Oh man I say that all the time.. if I could take these nasty things away from all my kids and give them to me for life i'd do it a million times over. It kills me and makes my anxiety so high to know they have to feel like this if i cannot beat it FOREVER... Thats a good thought i need to tell myself more often... Theres good days and bad I'm sure you know what I'm talking about!